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Magnesium: The “mind mineral” that could revolutionize mental health treatment

by Patrick Lewis

  • Magnesium regulates serotonin and dopamine, key neurotransmitters for mood stability, making deficiency a major risk factor for depression and neurological disorders.
  • Studies show 500 mg of magnesium oxide daily significantly improves depression symptoms—outperforming placebos and avoiding the dangers of SSRIs (violence, suicide, emotional blunting).
  • Women benefit more from iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium, while potassium, magnesium and copper are more protective for those under 55—proving Big Pharma’s one-size-fits-all drugs are ineffective and harmful.
  • Modern poisons (vaccines, pesticides, EMFs, processed foods) disrupt mineral absorption, worsening mental health—highlighting the need for detox and organic nutrition.
  • Depopulation elites (Bill Gates, WHO, Big Pharma) push toxic diets, mRNA vaccines and psychiatric drugs while suppressing magnesium’s benefits to maintain control over a sickened, dependent population.

A groundbreaking study has unveiled the critical role minerals play in mental health—particularly magnesium, often dubbed the “mind mineral” due to its profound influence on brain function. Published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, the research, led by scientists at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, analyzed data from nearly 200,000 U.K. Biobank participants, revealing how dietary minerals can either lower or increase the risk of depression, anxiety and other neurological disorders.

The findings confirm what holistic health advocates have long asserted: magnesium deficiency is linked to a host of neurological conditions, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, migraines and depression. In fact, a separate study demonstrated that just 500 mg of magnesium oxide daily for eight weeks significantly improved depression symptoms in deficient patients—outperforming a placebo. The mineral’s ability to regulate serotonin and dopamine, key neurotransmitters governing mood, makes it indispensable for mental well-being.

But this latest research goes further, identifying additional minerals that influence mental health. Higher intake of iron, magnesium and selenium was associated with a 12 percent, 9.5 percent and 12 percent reduced risk of depression, respectively. Manganese showed a staggering 33 percent reduction in suicide risk, while zinc slashed PTSD risk by 57 percent. Yet, not all minerals were protective—high calcium intake increased depression risk by 10.4 percent and anxiety by 15.4 percent, raising concerns about overconsumption, particularly from fortified processed foods and synthetic supplements pushed by Big Pharma.

The study uncovered striking differences in mineral benefits based on demographics. Iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc and selenium had stronger protective effects in women, while potassium, magnesium and copper were more effective in participants under 55. This suggests that Big Pharma’s one-size-fits-all approach to mental health—pumping out SSRIs and toxic psychiatric drugs—ignores these nuanced, natural solutions that work with the body rather than against it.

Perhaps most alarming was the discovery that chronic illness weakens the protective effects of minerals. When researchers excluded participants with pre-existing conditions, some correlations—like calcium’s link to depression—became statistically insignificant. This raises urgent questions about how modern toxins—vaccines, pesticides, EMFs and processed foods—are sabotaging our ability to absorb essential nutrients, leaving millions vulnerable to mental health crises.

A call for balance—and skepticism of Big Pharma

The researchers concluded that maintaining adequate levels of magnesium, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese could be a practical way to reduce mood disorder risk. Yet, they acknowledged limitations—the study’s participants were predominantly white and healthier than average, meaning broader populations may see even more dramatic effects from mineral deficiencies.

This research underscores what natural health experts have warned for decades: Western medicine’s reliance on synthetic drugs while ignoring nutrition is a deadly scam. Magnesium-rich foods like leafy greens, nuts, seeds and dark chocolate are far more effective—and safer—than SSRIs, which Big Pharma pushes despite their links to violence, suicide and emotional blunting. Meanwhile, toxic calcium-fortified foods and vaccines laden with aluminum (a neurotoxin that displaces magnesium) are fueling the very mental health epidemics they claim to treat.

The globalist agenda against natural health

Why isn’t this common knowledge? Because depopulation globalists like Bill Gates and the WHO profit from sickness. They push chemically-laden diets, mRNA vaccines and psychiatric drugs while suppressing natural cures. Magnesium’s neuroprotective properties threaten Big Pharma’s $300 billion antidepressant industry, just as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine threatened their COVID vaccine profits.

The solution? Reject processed foods, detox from heavy metals and spike protein and prioritize organic, mineral-rich diets. With depression rates skyrocketing and the next planned pandemic looming, magnesium could be the key to preserving sanity in an increasingly controlled, poisoned world.

The truth is clear: Healing begins when we break free from the medical-industrial complex and return to nature’s pharmacy.

According to BrightU.AI‘s Enoch, magnesium is a critical yet often overlooked mineral that supports brain function, calms the nervous system and could drastically reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety and ADHD—if only Big Pharma and corrupt regulators weren’t suppressing its widespread use to protect their toxic psychiatric drug profits. Its natural, safe and effective properties make it a revolutionary alternative to the dangerous, soul-numbing medications pushed by the medical-industrial complex. Food.news.

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How fear of Trump’s immigration blitz is changing life in California farm towns

Tax receipts are down almost 30 percent in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation

by Nigel Duara

Trailing in the shade of a tractor-pulled harvester, a small huddle of people in broad hats trawl the ochre rows of a green field. Every six or so feet, someone squats down and pulls into the morning sunlight a bright, spotted watermelon.

Walking a dozen yards behind this crew of pickers is their supervisor, Raul. He has done this for 21 years, since he was 18.

He, better than anybody, knows that perfectly ripe watermelons aren’t just pulled off the vine, they’re chosen. And the choosing still relies, as it ever has, on workers who are delicate with the fruit and severe with the choice. The job requires years of repetition: seeing the right melon, bending to heft it, cutting its root and placing it carefully on the harvester bed or a bag hanging off the back.

Rookies have trouble. They pick a melon before it’s ready, or they fumble the blades and cut themselves, or their bodies simply inform them after a day or a week of bending and lifting and bending and lifting that they will not be getting out of bed that morning.

Raul knows this land. He raised his kids in the farmland around the town of Firebaugh, 38 miles west of Fresno.

He points to a grove of full-grown almond trees near the Del Bosque melon farm where he works.

“We were putting in those trees when they were young, my first year,” Raul said in Spanish.

For the last two decades, Raul would drive north when the melon harvest ends to work in the vineyards and then the apple and cherry orchards.

But this year is different, and Raul, who didn’t want his last name used in this story because he is in the country illegally, is not sure how much longer he can stay in the United States.

As this year’s harvest ends, the small Central Valley towns that rely on migrant or undocumented labor to survive are themselves forced to imagine the end of a way of life.

The worry here is the workers might not return next year, at least not in the numbers that sustain local economies and power the state’s $60 billion agricultural industry, which grows three-fourths of the fruits and nuts consumed in the U.S.

The second Trump administration has pledged to carry out the largest deportation program in American history. They have, so far, mostly left the agricultural industry alone. But Trump and his advisers have wavered on whether to protect farms from immigration raids, so the seasonal workers and their employers will have to wait and see.

In the meantime, what connects tiny truck stop towns and big cities of this part of the valley is fear: of tightened water allocations, of market turbulence and, this year, of immigration agents.

Small farm towns in the Central Valley are similar in their seasonal economics to a beach town on the East Coast: Both swell in summer with a population boom, then dig in for a slow winter. Firebaugh City Manager Ben Gallegos said the town of 4,000 grows to 8,000 people in the summer, then empties out after the harvest.

The story plays out in the numbers, but already this year’s numbers tell a different tale.

In the second quarter of the year, which runs from April 1 to June 30, total taxable transactions in Firebaugh were down 29 percent from the same quarter last year, according to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. In nearby Chowchilla, total taxable receipts are down 21 percent in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.

People don’t want to shop or go out to eat, Gallegos said. The city of Firebaugh is staring down cuts to its police force, its parks and its senior center. In September, the appearance of county probation officers dressed in green fatigues caused waves of panicked Whatsapp texts. Some people went into hiding.

The food bank in Firebaugh used to serve about 50 families. Today, at weekly distributions behind city hall, that number is up to 150. When it’s over, volunteers take the remaining food boxes to families who are too afraid to leave their homes.

“We need those individuals to drive our community,” Gallegos said. “They’re the ones that eat at our local restaurants, they’re the ones that shop at our local stores. Without them, what do we do?

“They’re scared to come out because of the color of their skin.”

Raul and his crew of six pickers will have to choose, too. Will they come back?

Borrowed time

“My clients say this country’s not for them anymore,” said Fresno immigration attorney Jesus Ibañez, who works with farmworkers. “They feel like they’re on borrowed time here. That sentiment is not one I heard a lot one year ago.”

The choices to stay or self-deport come down to money, but also the futures those farmworkers want for their children born in the United States, Ibañez said.

Sometimes the choice is more complicated – the U.S. isn’t as safe for them as it was, but its school districts still offer things like mental health care and physical therapy that migrant workers fear they won’t get in their home countries. Balanced against that is the possibility of one or both parents being deported, leaving the children with no legal guardians in this country.

Statistically, it’s difficult to even know the number of farmworkers employed today, let alone how much the fear of deportation is affecting employment in the industry. In late October, Ag Alert, a publication of the California Farm Bureau, broke the news that both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Labor canceled annual farmworker labor surveys. That means that, for the first time since the late 1980s, there is no federal documentation of farmworker hours, wages or demographics. Historically, about 40 percent of farmworkers in the last decade were undocumented.

The nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that more immigrants left the country or were deported this year than the number who arrived. If the trend holds until the end of the year, 2025 will be the first year since the 1960s that the population of immigrants in the U.S. falls.

For Raul, the question of returning is simple. He will need to earn money so he can support his kids, so he plans on coming back.

“Que quisiera un padre? Raul said. “Quiere que sea lo mejor para los hijos.”

What would a father want? He wants what’s best for his children.

A town shaped by a river

The road into Firebaugh rolls up and over a wash, next to the spot where Andrew Firebaugh founded a ferry across the San Joaquin River that became an important stop on stagecoach routes. The river has always been what kept this town alive, first as an obstacle around which they built a settlement and later as the lifeblood of its farms and fields.

Just outside of town, the pavement has fractured and buckled. The street signs are tiny and faded on the broad grid of roads bounded by fields that push right up to the street. You orient yourself with both cardinal directions and crops.

Prunus amygdalus, also called almond trees, look like they’re raising their arms. Pistacia vera, the pistachio tree, look like they’re shrugging. Uncovered truck bed bins spill ripe red tomatoes on tight turns. Tractors with their tillers raised trundle slowly down the highway. On the side of the road bobs of lettuce heads peek out of the ground, followed by a massive pile of unhulled almonds, and then a series of palm trees, some very tall and some a little squat.

At the corner of one of these roads, just before it meets the interstate, is the melon farm owned by Joe Del Bosque, Raul’s employer of 21 years. And the first thing people inclined to these kinds of questions will ask Del Bosque is why he hires undocumented labor.

He begins explaining his trouble hiring people on the federal H-2A visa, which permits employers to hire foreign seasonal workers. It’s not just that he has to pay them $3 more per hour, Del Bosque said. It’s that he must also pay for their transportation to and from the farm every day. He must pay for the rooms where they sleep and the food they eat. It is, he said, economically impossible to rely on the visa program.

The next suggestion is hiring local people. Del Bosque laughed and said he tried that. The locals made it a week, at the most, and then found some other way to make money that didn’t leave them sore all over.

He knows that one day soon, he’ll likely have to turn over operations to the only family member active in the business, his son-in-law. But that’s only if there’s still a farm to hand over.

“I don’t have a lot of confidence that the future of our farm and a lot of farms is looking very good right now,” Del Bosque said.

The U.S. Department of Labor is already sounding the alarm on losing farmworkers and the threat that poses to the nation’s food supply in a notice in the Federal Register in October.

“The near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens combined with the lack of an available legal workforce, results in significant disruptions to production costs and threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S consumers,” the department said in a rule-making proposal that would allow employers to pay H-2A workers less than they are paying now.

“Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow,” the notice said, citing the likelihood of enhanced immigration enforcement under the budget bill Trump signed earlier this year.

Those longer-term consequences in the labor market won’t be felt evenly.

This is Trump country

Fresno County and the rest of the Central Valley went for Trump in the 2024 election. Del Bosque calls himself a conservative, though he donates to both parties – Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff and former President Barack Obama have both made public visits to his acreage.

Next to his farm – right up on the property line where everyone will see it – is a massive Trump 2024 sign, erected by his neighbor. No one driving to the Del Bosque Farm will miss it. Del Bosque laughs about it, but it’s also a reflection of how their differing crops help define their politics.

Del Bosque grows melons, which are labor intensive and require lots of people to work long hours. He supports an easier path to employment for undocumented workers. Next door, his neighbor grows almonds. They only require one person to drive a “shaker” to get the nuts out of the trees and another to operate the basket that catches them as they fall. His neighbor, whom CalMatters was unable to contact, doesn’t require much labor at all.

“Here’s the thing, not all farms are the same, not all farmers are the same,” Del Bosque said. “I’m concerned about these people. (The neighbor) is not concerned about that, because he has almonds. He manages his almonds with just him and one or two more people.

“He can do his whole farm with two, three people. So this immigration (enforcement) does not affect him at all.”

Author and Central Valley farmer David Mas Masumoto wrote about neighborly tension in his 1995 “Epitaph for a Peach.”

“We depend on labor from Mexico, part of a seasonal flow of men and families. Many come here for the summer, return to Mexico during the slow winter months, and return the following year. They’re predominantly young men with the faces of boys. We’re dependent on their strong backs and quick hands. And they are hungry for work.…

“This September, farmers drive down the road staring straight ahead, steering clear of a chance meeting with a competitor who was once a neighbor. Eyes avoid eyes, hands hesitate and refrain from waving. It’s an ugly September.”

Politics out here can make it a whole ugly season.

‘Big and rapid change’

What if they don’t come back?

“We don’t have a precedent for trying to understand that major of a disruption to our state’s economy and demographics,” said Liz Carlisle, an associate professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara.

Something is changing in one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions. Wine grapes are going unharvested, rotting in the fields, as exports to Canada collapsed under new tariffs and younger consumers started shying away from alcohol. Land values are cratering in places with limited water, leaving farmers in multi-million dollar debt. Water costs are skyrocketing in part because of a 2014 conservation law that seeks to regulate years of agricultural over-pumping.

“I do think we’re looking at the potential of really big and rapid change to California’s agricultural sector and all of the workers and everything that touches the economy,” Carlisle said. “It’s kind of a perfect storm because you have major shifts in trade policy at the same time as you have major shifts in the workforce at the same time you have major shifts in climate and potential regulatory responses to those climate impacts.

“So that’s a lot of huge transformations for people in the agricultural sector to try to manage at once.”

This year, the problems were the usual problems: Five or six big storms clobbered the Central Valley with rain and hail, hitting young crops just as they were approaching maturity. But larger battles loom.

During the first Trump administration, the labor market for Central Valley farmers tightened significantly, said California Fresh Fruits Association president Daniel Hartwig, when migration numbers plummeted and farms would lose workers to a neighboring operation that offered an extra 25 cents per hour.

During this second go-round with Trump as president, those concerns seem almost archaic. Now, Hartwig said, he’ll spend a couple hours every week running down rumors of immigration enforcement: an unmarked white van in Madera County that turned out to belong to a carpet cleaning business; a cluster of cars outside a health clinic that turned out to be a local police operation; a shaky TikTok of unknown provenance showing men in green fatigues that sent farmworkers rushing back to their homes.

“If you did let your imagination run wild, especially if you were undocumented, everywhere you look, around the corner, is somebody that you’re fearful is going to try and get you and deport you,” Hartwig said.

Now these towns in the lower basin of the Central Valley hunker down for an anxious winter, on the farms, at the food bank, in Firebaugh’s City Hall.

They are dependent on so many factors out of their own control. Executive impulses in the White House. Cloud formations and wind speeds. Commodity prices set globally. Water prices set locally. And in the winter there is time to think and there is time to ask questions.

Will the federal government increase immigration enforcement at farms? Will it rain enough early in the season? Will it rain too much when the fruit is in the fields? Could there be a repeat of last year’s heat wave? Or this year’s storms? What if the water gets costlier? What if the commodities get cheaper?

And a question perhaps more crucial than any other: What if they don’t come back?

Editor’s note: Author David Mas Masumoto is a member of the CalMatters board of directors.

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The Appraisal Appeals Board (AAB) resolves legal and appraisal issues between the Appraiser’s Office and property owners. Hearings are quasi-judicial, conducted similarly to a court of law, with evidence and testimony presented by the parties. The Board evaluates the evidence and testimony and issues its decision. To be eligible for a position, you must have a minimum of five years of professional experience in California as: (1) a certified public accountant; (2) a real estate broker; (3) an attorney; or (4) a property appraiser accredited by a nationally recognized organization or certified by the Bureau of Realtors or the State Board of Equalization.

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Mexico on track for record export year after October revenues hit US $66B

Mexico spends more on imports from the United States than from any other country, and in the first eight months of the year was the world’s top buyer of U.S. goods, outpacing Canada, according to U.S. government data

by Mexico News Daily

The value of Mexico’s exports increased 14.2 percent annually in October to reach US $66.13 billion, a record high for any month, according to official data.

In percentage terms, the annual increase was the largest for any month since a 14.7 percent jump in July 2024. Compared to September, Mexico’s export revenue increased 17 percent in October.

The national statistics agency INEGI also reported last Thursday that Mexico’s export revenue increased 6.6 percent annually in the first 10 months of 2025 to reach $547.77 billion.

Mexico is thus on track to set a new annual record for export revenue this year, and to exceed $600 billion in earnings for just the second time ever, after first breaking that barrier in 2024.

The strong growth in Mexico’s export revenue has occurred despite the Trump administration imposing tariffs on a range of Mexican goods in 2025, including steel, aluminum and vehicles, as well as all other products that don’t comply with the USMCA, the North American free trade pact.

Still, the majority of Mexico’s trade with the U.S. — easily the world’s top buyer of imported Mexican goods — remains tariff-free thanks to the USMCA, a five-year-old accord that will be formally reviewed in 2026.

A 34.8 percent year-over-year increase in the value of Mexico’s non-automotive sector manufactured exports drove the 14.2 percent increase in revenue in October. Revenue from the export of those goods rose 16 percent annually in the first 10 months of the year.

William Jackson, Capital Economics’ chief emerging markets economist, said that Mexico’s growth in export revenue has been supported by an artificial intelligence investment boom in the United States, where huge amounts of capital are being used to build the data centers required to power AI.

Record revenue despite decline in auto exports 

As is the norm, the vast majority of Mexico’s export revenue in October came from the shipment abroad of manufactured goods. The value of those exports increased 17.4 percent to $61.64 billion in October, accounting for 93 percent of Mexico’s total earnings in the month.

Revenue from the export of non-automotive sector manufactured goods surged 34.8 percent annually to $45.52 billion. That increase, the highest for any month in over four years, well and truly offset a 14 percent decline in the value of auto sector exports, which were worth $16.12 billion in October.

The non-U.S. content in USMCA-compliant light vehicles made in Mexico has been subject to a 25 percent U.S. tariff since April. The United States’ 25 percent tariff on medium- and heavy-duty trucks — which also excludes U.S. content in USMCA-compliant vehicles — took effect on Nov. 1.

Approximately 7 percent of Mexico’s export revenue in October came from shipments of oil, agricultural products and mineral resources.

Oil exports brought in revenue of $1.82 billion, a 29.8 percent annual decline, while shipments of agricultural products generated earnings of $1.38 billion, down 19.5 percent from October 2024. Revenue from the export of beef, avocados, tomatoes and onions all declined.

Mining exports increased 18.6 percent annually to $1.28 billion in October.

Revenue from exports of manufactured goods exceeds $500 billion in 2025   

INEGI’s data shows that the shipment abroad of manufactured goods generated revenue of $501.11 billion between January and October, an increase of 8.6 percent compared to the same period of last year.

The value of non-auto sector exports increased 16 percent to $346.17 billion, while auto sector exports declined 4.9 percent to $154.94 billion. Of every $100 in export revenue between January and October, $63.20 came from the export of non-auto sector manufactured goods, up from $58.20 in the same period of last year.

Mexico makes a wide range of manufactured goods, including electronic equipment, medical devices and aerospace inputs.

Oil sector exports were worth $18.17 billion in the first 10 months of the year, a 24.3 percent annual decline, while the value of agricultural exports fell 9.6 percent to $17.65 billion.

The value of exported mineral resources increased 23.2 percent annually to reach $10.82 billion between January and October.

Mexico recorded a trade deficit between January and October  

Mexico’s outlay on imports was $550.09 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, according to INEGI. That figure represents a 3.1 percent increase compared to the same period of last year.

Mexico thus recorded a trade deficit of $2.32 billion between January and October, representing an 88.2 percent decrease compared to the deficit in the same period of 2024.

In October, Mexico’s outlay on imports increased 12.8 percent annually to a record high $65.52 billion, leaving it with a trade surplus of $606.1 million during that month.

In the first 10 months of the year, more than three-quarters of Mexico’s expenditure on imports (77 percent) went to the purchase of intermediate goods, products used as inputs in the production of other goods.

Mexico imported intermediate goods worth $423.21 billion between January and October, an annual increase of 6.2 percent.

Mexico’s outlay on petroleum imports, including refined fuel, declined 7.8 percent to $39.14 billion in the first 10 months of 2025. Expenditure on petroleum “consumer goods” — i.e. gasoline and diesel — declined by an even larger 20 percent, indicating that Mexico’s reliance on foreign fuel is on the wane, a positive sign as the federal government targets self-sufficiency.

Mexico’s outlay on non-oil consumer goods declined 0.4 percent to $67.62 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, while expenditure on capital goods (including manufacturing machinery) fell 8.6 percent to $46.8 billion.

Mexico spends more on imports from the United States than from any other country, and in the first eight months of the year was the world’s top buyer of U.S. goods, outpacing Canada, according to U.S. government data.

With reports from El Economista, Expansión, El Financiero and La Jornada 

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Scammers don’t take holidays: How to help protect your money this season 

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There always seems to be a never-ending list of tasks during the holiday season, from booking flights to purchasing gifts for loved ones. As you prepare for the holidays, it’s also critical to keep an eye out for online scams that aim to steal your money and your joy.

Nationally, nearly 1 in 3 consumers reported falling victim to an online scam during the 2024 holiday season, and Californians have lost more than $1.7B  to fraud and scams just last year. Scams are becoming increasingly more sophisticated, making them more convincing and harder to detect.

“The holidays are scammers’ busy season. From fake travel websites and false package delivery messages to phony charity donations, scammers take advantage of people’s spirit of generosity and bustling holiday schedule,” said Diedra Porché, National Head of Community and Business Development at JPMorganChase. “Your best defense to protect yourself and loved ones is to stay educated on common and emerging scam tactics.”

During the week of November 16, Chase will host over 20 fraud and scam education workshops across the country, in coordination with local law enforcement and other local partners. These workshops, which are free and open to the public, aim to educate the public on recognizing scams and empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to protect themselves. Chase hosts over 1,000 fraud and scam education workshops per year across its more than 5,000 branches.

Don’t let the threat of scams dampen your celebrations. Consider the following tips to help you celebrate safely.

Beware of unrealistic deals

When you have so many gifts to buy, you’ll want to look for bargains. However, make sure that the discounts you’re offered are legitimate. Scammers often lure buyers with massive discounts, especially on popular and sold-out items, often using fake websites or social media ads. If you think, “this deal is too good to be true,” listen to your gut. It’s likely a scam.

Shop with trusted retailers

When shopping online or on social media, make sure to only buy from trusted websites and vendors. Review the website’s URL and ensure that it starts with “https://” (the ‘s’ stands for secure) as scammers can create fake websites to look like legitimate retailers. If you’re unfamiliar with a store, search for the name with terms like “scam,” “complaints,” or “reviews” to uncover any red flags.

Be especially cautious when making purchases from social media marketplaces. Always verify the product exists before purchasing and use payments with purchase protections, like a credit card, to pay.

Gift card scams typically begin with outreach from a scammer, often pretending to be someone else, who urgently pressures victims into buying specific gift cards and sharing the card numbers and PINs. Scammers use various stories, such as pretending to be government officials, tech support, friends or family in emergencies, prize promoters, utility companies, or online romantic interests. Remember: Legitimate organizations will never demand payment by gift card, and requests for gift card payments are a sign of a scam.

How you pay matters

Not all payment methods offer purchase protection. When buying gifts for the holiday season, consider using your debit and credit cards, as they may provide protections that allow you to dispute a charge if you don’t receive what you paid for or it’s not as you expected. If you purchase something using payment methods like Zelle®, wire transfers, gift cards, or cash, and it turns out to be a scam, it’s unlikely you’ll get your money back. Only use Zelle® to pay others you know and trust.

Seek out free resources

Give yourself peace of mind while shopping by using digital tools to monitor your personal information. For example, Chase Credit Journey® offers free credit and identity monitoring. This includes alerts to let you know if your data is exposed in a data breach or on the dark web. You don’t have to be a Chase customer use it. 

To learn more about how to help protect yourself from scams this holiday season, visit Chase.com/Security.

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The Nativity Play Returns to the Teatro Campesino

Tu Rumba Gaitera 2025 ya tiene fecha y es este 30 de noviembre. (Cortesía: Geraldo Cadenas)

By Magdy Zara

The Nativity Play, a beloved play that has been running for almost 50 years, is the biennial Christmas show of the Teatro Campesino. It is full of action, vibrant colors, humor, and live music.

This play recreates the long journey of the first shepherds to the sacred site of the Nativity. Along the way, Lucifer and the demons try to prevent them from reaching Bethlehem, and in a dynamic confrontation between good and evil, Saint Michael and the angels must fight to free the shepherds.

The Nativity Play is performed twice a year during the Christmas season, alternating with the play “La Virgen del Tepeyac” (The Virgin of Tepeyac). It has become a traditional highlight among the oldest Christmas productions at the Teatro Campesino.

Performances will be open to the public on Thursdays through Sundays, from November 28th to December 21st. The invitation is to not miss the opportunity to share with your family at El Teatro Campesino, located at Calle 4, number 705.

Tu Rumba Gaitera 2025 reaches its 5th edition.

Christmas is the time of year when the birth of the Son of God is celebrated, and each country has different traditions to commemorate these dates.

To keep Venezuelan Christmas traditions alive, Geraldo Cadenas and Gabriela Briceño have been organizing Tu Rumba Gaitera since 2022, in response to the need to offer a gaita and rumba event for the Venezuelan community in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This year, the music will be provided by Skape Latino y su Gaita, along with international DJ Josh. There will be the traditional Christmas meal and much more, including the always-anticipated Hora Loca (Crazy Hour).

The invitation is for November 30th, starting at 4 PM, at Club Fuego, 140 S Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale. Tickets start at $35 and can be purchased through turumbagaitera.com. For more information, call 650-395-8370.

Christmas Now Sounds Like Mariachi in San Francisco

Mariachi Sol de México returns to San Francisco this year with their event, Una Navidad Merry-Achi, to kick off the holidays with a festive musical tribute to Mexican Christmas traditions, performing Mexican and American Christmas favorites.

Celebrate the holidays and stroll through the winter wonderland of Davies Symphony Hall, adorned with giant illuminated trees, wreaths, and garlands.

Una Navidad Merry-Achi will take place on November 30th, starting at 2 PM, at Davies Symphony Hall, located at 233 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco. Ticket prices range from $99 to $275.

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Julio Noroña, founding musician of Los Van Van, passes away

by the El Reportero staff

With reports from Cibercuba

Julio Noroña, one of the founding members of Los Van Van, passed away on Wednesday, leaving behind an artistic legacy that shaped more than half a century of Cuban music. Remembered by colleagues as a man of extraordinary talent and a vital human presence, his departure leaves a deep void within the group and within the so-called “Van Van family.”

The band confirmed his death in a statement describing the 85-year-old musician as “a true legend in the history of Cuban music.” He was admired not only for his mastery of the güiro, but also for the emotional bond he maintained with fellow members for decades.

Los Van Van highlighted the close relationship between Noroña and maestro Juan Formell, who founded the group in 1969. That friendship, forged in the early years of the ensemble, placed him at the heart of the project, where his contributions were essential in shaping the sound that revolutionized popular dance music in Cuba.
(More on Los Van Van)

The band noted that Noroña played an active role in the development of songo, a genre created by Formell and collaboratively refined by the musicians who joined him. This style — blending traditional son with jazz, rock, and Afro-Cuban rhythms — sparked a musical revolution that positioned the ensemble among the most influential in the Americas.
(What is songo?)

For more than five decades, Noroña toured with Los Van Van across Latin America, Europe, and Asia, carrying the group’s sound to stages where they became known as “El Tren de Cuba” — the Cuban Train. His energy onstage, warm character, and artistic commitment made him an admired figure among audiences and fellow musicians alike.
(History of “El Tren de Cuba”)

“We say goodbye to a man who deeply loved this project and helped build it from the ground up,” the group stated. “His imprint is indelible and will remain alive in every rhythm we play.”

The tribute ended with an emotional farewell: “Farewell, maestro. Your rhythm and your spirit will continue to travel with us.” These words reflect the profound impact of a career that shaped generations of musicians and remains embedded in the group’s sound.

Julio Eladio Noroña Cruz left a legacy not only within Los Van Van but also within his own family, where the musical tradition continues. He was the father of Julito Noroña, güiro player for Los Que Son Son, and uncle of pianist Sergio Noroña, both of whom preserve and carry forward the artistic heritage of the renowned musician.

With his passing, the iconic group loses one of its historical pillars, and Cuban music bids farewell to a figure who contributed significantly to its modern evolution.

 

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San Francisco Street Food Festival marks a triumphant return, boosting local entrepreneurs after five-year break

by the El Reportero‘s staff and reports

Earlier this month, the San Francisco Street Food Festival returned to the city after a five-year pause, reviving one of the Bay Area’s most influential community culinary events and offering a critical economic boost for dozens of immigrant and women-owned businesses. Organized by La Cocina, the Mission-based nonprofit that supports low-income entrepreneurs in the food industry, the festival took place November 8–9 at China Basin Park in the Mission Rock neighborhood.

The festival originally ran from 2009 to 2019 and quickly became known as a launching ground for small food entrepreneurs bringing flavors from across the world to San Francisco’s streets. Its long-awaited return in 2025, covered by SFGate and the San Francisco Chronicle, signaled renewed hope for local vendors who have struggled with rising rents, declining foot traffic, and the long financial tail of the pandemic.

This year’s edition featured more than 60 vendors, including many graduates of La Cocina’s incubator program. Attendees enjoyed a wide range of offerings, from Central American pupusas and Salvadoran tamales to Filipino lumpia, Persian stews, and regional Mexican dishes seldom found in brick-and-mortar restaurants. For many entrepreneurs, participation provided essential visibility and revenue at a time when traditional business models remain precarious.

Organizers said the strong turnout confirmed the community’s appetite for events that highlight grassroots culinary culture. Many vendors rely heavily on festivals and pop-ups to sustain their operations, particularly those who lack permanent storefronts. La Cocina staff noted that the festival continues to serve as an entry point for new entrepreneurs, helping them test recipes, build customer bases, and refine business strategies.

The Mission Rock waterfront setting offered open space for large crowds and gave the festival a refreshed sense of place amid new housing and commercial developments. Attendees described the atmosphere as vibrant and inclusive, with live music, family-friendly activities, and a visible sense of cultural pride reflected in the diversity of food traditions represented.

For La Cocina, the successful relaunch reinforces the importance of supporting immigrant and minority-owned businesses that keep San Francisco’s culinary landscape dynamic and culturally connected. As one vendor told reporters, the festival felt “not just like a comeback, but a chance to rebuild.”

With its return now complete, the San Francisco Street Food Festival stands once again as a symbol of resilience, creativity, and the enduring power of community-driven food culture in the city.

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Are climate-obsessed elites losing their grip over global politics?

Bill Gates appears to be spearheading a new push towards a Malthusian ‘One Health’ agenda instead of global temperature concerns amid a sudden shift in the climate change narrative

(The Corbett Report) — Guess what, folks? The climate emergency has been cancelled!

That’s right, as my listeners will know by now, no less a personage than famed climate crusader Dr. [sic] Bill Gates is now admitting that climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise“ after all.

As my loyal listeners will also know by now, Gates has his reasons for backtracking on his decades of climate scare-mongering. (SPOILER: it’s not because he’s suddenly realized that the climate scare is a hoax!)

Unsurprisingly, this very public about-face has caused much hand-wringing in the clique of climate fearmongers. Take Michael Mann – yes, that Michael Mann. He has already penned a lengthy screed to excoriate Bill for raining on the climate doomporn parade.

As for old Billy boy himself, he wants everyone to know that they’re getting him all wrong! ManBearPig is still super cereal, guys! In fact, Bill’s spending on the climate crusade is actually increasing!

But whether Gates’ backpedaling enables him to win him back his climate-fearing friends or not, perhaps the most important part of his new climate message was the timing of its release. You see, “Three tough truths about climate” – the blog announcing his changing views on the climate emergency – was subtitled “What I want everyone at COP30 to know,” and it was released on the eve of COP30, the U.N.’s annual global climate summit.

So, what does this (anthropogenic) tempest in a teapot tell us about the future of the climate scam? Let’s find out.

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In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a party going on in Brazil right now!

… But don’t get too excited; it’s not that kind of party. And, unless you’re part of the globalist jet set, you definitely aren’t invited.

No, the party that’s currently underway is #COP30, aka the “Conference of the Parties,” or the annual global climate change conference put on by the U.N. If you want the real skinny on what the COP is and the role it plays in the nascent global governmental power structure, you need to read my editorial from last November, “THIS is How Global Government is Run (and What’s Coming Next…)

Long story short: the “Conference of the Parties” is the annual meeting of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Established in Article 7 of the UNFCCC as “the supreme body” of the convention, it is tasked with “[p]eriodically examin[ing] the obligations of the Parties” to the treaty. It also assesses those parties’ climate change mitigation measures and policies and, of course, “mobilize[s] financial resources” to help line the pockets of U.N. kleptocrats … uhhh, I mean, to appease the angry weather gods.

As I pointed out in my editorial last year, since no one ever reads the fine print of bureaucratic documents, the climate technocrats were able to embed all sorts of goodies right there in the rules of procedure for the UNFCCC COP, such as Rule 30:

Meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be held in public, unless the Conference of the Parties decides otherwise.

And Rule 32:

No one may speak at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties without having previously obtained the permission of the President.

And Rule 42:

Decisions on matters of substance shall be taken by consensus, except that decisions on financial matters shall be taken by a two-thirds majority vote.

Just a decade or two ago, when the vast majority of the public still believed that the climate hoax was “settled science” and that scientists would never lie or twist the truth for a political agenda (oh, how naive!), the annual COP was a truly nerve-wracking affair. Each year, this globalist shindig threatened to put another nail in the coffin of national (let alone individual) sovereignty, and brought the world another step closer to a U.N.-led global government.

In fact, the COPpers admitted as much in their own words. For instance, do you recall that, on the eve of the COP15 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, EU President (and Bilderberg lackey) Herman von Rompuy declared 2009 to be “the first year of global governance” and insisted that the COP in Copenhagen “is another step towards the global management of our planet”?

Back then, when the climate change religion was in the ascendant, it seemed that nothing could derail the globalists and their quest to create a global government on the back of the fake “climate emergency.”

But, interestingly, the cultural tide has shifted in recent years and COP30 is already looking set to be a flop for the climate confabulists.

FLOP30

It’s not just Bill Gates who is spoiling the COP30 party. The U.S. government has already decided it’s not going to send any high-level representatives to this year’s climate hoax conclave.

Even the climate conspirators – perhaps reading the direction the political wind is blowing – have shown themselves reticent to play the game anymore. As of last month, only 64 of the UNFCCC’s 198 parties had even submitted their national plans for cutting greenhouse emissions – plans that are required of each party to the 2015 Paris Agreement. And, according to the climate doom-mongers and corporate fake news repeaters masquerading as “journalists” at The Guardian, those plans that have been submitted “fall drastically short of what is needed to stave off the worst effects of climate breakdown.”

Of course, all of this is made-up nonsense. The COPpers may as well be fretting about how many angels are dancing on the head of a pin or precisely how many unicorn farts are needed to power their trillion-dollar green energy swindle. As Corbett Reporteers know by now, there are dozens of questions that need to be asked (and answered) before we can come to a determination of what “average global temperature“ even means. And that’s not to mention the question of the validity of the temperature records from which such assessments are being made or the reliability of the models that are being used to extrapolate from that dodgy data.

New reports coming out weekly are shining more and more light on how the climate emergency hoax has been perpetrated. This week’s inconvenient truth for the climate fraudsters? A new study demonstrating that reduction in air pollution actually exacerbates global warming.

You might expect the fraudsters would be ashamed to continue to lie so brazenly to the public … but if you do expect these power-hungry pathocrats to feel shame over their actions, then you clearly haven’t watched Dissent Into Madness yet. Instead of being remorseful, the psychopathic swindlers are doubling down on their scam, flying to Brazil to put on yet another farce in the name of “saving the earth.”

The first order of analysis – and, sadly, the point at which many critics of the UNFCCC and its “Conference of the Parties” tend to stop – is to simply point out the hypocrisy of the summit’s attendees.

The VIPs fly in on private jets and relax at $1,000/night resorts while they lecture us peons about reducing our comparatively miniscule carbon footprint.

To prepare for the earth-saving event, the Brazilian government felled tens of thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest and destroyed a vital ecosystem so it could build a new highway from the local airport to the summit venue.

In fact, such is the level of hypocrisy on display at these annual soirees that even climate activists have taken to calling it out.

But this isn’t about “hypocrisy,” really. To rephrase something I wrote about Matt Hancock – the Covidiot authoritarian who imposed lockdowns on the U.K. while breaking his own rules to conduct a secret affair – the people who are hectoring and lecturing the public to reduce their carbon footprints aren’t motivated to expand their own footprints out of a cheeky “rules for thee, not for me” mentality. No, they’re doing it because they know the whole “climate emergency” narrative is BS.

In truth, this isn’t about science. It never was. That’s why pesky facts that go against the Angry Weather God religion have been ignored and memory-holed.

Fortunately, more of the public than ever is finally aware that “the science” is not settled. They are waking up to the fact that they’ve been had for the last 40 years by a bunch of Chicken Littles who are not interested in saving the earth but in scaring people into giving over their power to global technocrats.

Hence Bill Gates making his narrative adjustment. Suddenly it’s not about temperature. Now it’s about health! You like health, right?

Given that COP30 is about to belly flop and no one is expecting anything of importance to come out of it, we may be tempted to simply take the win, declare the climate hoax over, and move on to the next news story of the week.

But perhaps we should take a closer look at what’s really happening here before we climate realists throw a party of our own.

STOP30

The first thing to note is that reports of the climate scam’s death may be entirely premature. For those poor, deluded souls who still believe that the new BRICS multipolar world order is going to save us from the dastardly Western technocrats, you might want to read up on how the BRICS are now introducing “multipolar” carbon markets in the name of keeping the 2030 agenda on track.

But what do we make, then, of prominent climate technocrats like Bill Gates seemingly changing narrative tack on the climate doomsday scenario?

Yes, Gates is flipping the Angry Weather God script. He realizes that the public is no longer buying the absurd theory that CO₂ is some magical thermostat with which we can dial the “global average temperature” up and down as desired. Thus, he suddenly wants us to know that temperature isn’t the best way of measuring the impact of climate change. Now, he wants us to concentrate on a different metric: improving lives.

This is a chance to refocus on the metric that should count even more than emissions and temperature change: improving lives. Our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.

And you know what? If Gates were to stop there, he’d actually be right (more or less). Regardless of the tenths of a degree (tenths of a degree, I tell you!) of “global average temperature” change that may (or may not) have taken place in the post-industrial era, the real point is to enhance the quality of people’s lives in a warming (or cooling) world. To this we might add that the quality of the environment and the well-being of animal life is another relevant factor, but otherwise, this is a much more sensible approach than that of the climate apocalypticists, who insist we must end industrial civilization and eat bugs (or Impossible Burgers) and live in locked-down 15-minute cities to prevent some long-predicted but never-arriving temperature rise.

Of course, as I discussed in my recent appearance on The Jimmy Dore Show, Gates has his own motivations – financial and otherwise – for this change of heart.

As it turns out, Gates is not interested in genuine human well-being. He’s interested in demolishing any roadblocks to the erection of power-hungry AI data centers, and he’s also interested in continuing the climate agenda under another guise: One Health.

You see, the climate agenda was never actually about temperatures or greenhouse gases or preventing a climate emergency. That was just the codswallop that was forced down the public’s throat to create a cadre of true believers (a.k.a. useful idiots) who would be willing to push the real agenda.

The real agenda was always about control. It was about the ability to confine people to their designated eco-ghettos while the real rulers of the planet jet about overhead, monopolizing the earth’s natural resources. It was about imprisoning us neo-feudal peasants in our climate hovels to eke out a subsistence living from the carbon rations doled out to us under the new global government’s Universal Basic Enslavement program.

That’s the vision that the climate technocrats (and their poor, deluded true believers) have been working toward.

So, even if Gates is swapping in a new metric for measuring progress toward that technocratic goal, he isn’t changing the goal itself. Now, he (and no doubt some of his globalist compatriots) will start focusing on the next iteration of this scam: the Malthusian, anti-human “One Health” agenda.

In short: Yes, COP30 is turning into FLOP30. The global government will not be announced in the freshly cleared Amazonian rainforest. In fact, few will pay any attention to anything that comes out of this year’s climate confab.

But that does not mean that the fight against the globalist technocrats is over. On the contrary, we’re just entering into a new stage of that conflict.

Remember: this isn’t about “equilibrium climate sensitivity” or the inaccuracy of climate models or the non-existence of weather stations. It’s about the attempt to create a one world government. And if the global warming fairytale isn’t working for the technocrats anymore, they’ll just tell us a new fairytale until we stop listening to them altogether.

This is not the time to pat ourselves on the back. We can’t rest on our laurels yet. Rather, now we must redouble our efforts to warn people about this new scam and inform them that it is (at base) the same as the old scam.

Reprinted with permission from The Corbett Report.

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Citizens launch movement to turn off narcoculture

by El Reportero’s staff, with reports

In response to the growing wave of series, songs and social media content that glorify drug cartels, a group of citizens has launched the movement “Turn Off Narcoculture.” The initiative seeks to curb the normalization of violence and the public praise of criminal groups in everyday life. Organizers warn that constant exposure to narratives portraying cartel leaders as admirable figures is shaping how young people perceive them, often without understanding the real harm drug trafficking inflicts on communities.

The movement emerged from conversations among concerned families, educators and cultural activists who have observed how criminal aesthetics have spread across entertainment platforms. According to its founders, this narrative not only glorifies cartel activity but also trivializes the tragedies experienced by people living under the threat of extortion, armed violence and displacement.

A central focus of “Turn Off Narcoculture” is promoting open dialogue at home so that parents can discuss with their children the content they consume. The goal is not to ban music or TV shows, but to provide context about the real consequences of the drug trade: broken families, weakened local economies and entire generations affected by insecurity. By understanding these realities, youth can develop a more critical view and be less vulnerable to the appeal of figures associated with power and violence.

The movement also leads educational workshops in schools and community centers, where students examine how narratives that idealize criminals are constructed. These activities aim to strengthen critical thinking and to help young people recognize the manipulation present in some entertainment formats.

At the same time, “Turn Off Narcoculture” collaborates with local artists, independent musicians and youth groups to promote alternative cultural content. The initiative highlights stories of resilience, creativity and community leadership that offer positive role models. Organizers emphasize that providing constructive cultural options is essential to steering young audiences away from narratives rooted in criminality.

The movement is also active on digital platforms, sharing messages and testimonies that explain how the glorification of organized crime influences society’s perception of power and success. These efforts seek to counteract the saturation of images that romanticize the lives of drug traffickers while ignoring the human and economic consequences of their actions.

Founders say the initiative will continue to grow with the support of educators and community leaders, with the goal of promoting a long-lasting cultural shift that reduces the social appeal of violence.

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